Redspear, have you changed user access privileges at any point recently? Check the shortcut used for msys.bat (right click, Properties, Advanced...). Is it set to run as administrator? You can try toggling this option and see if it helps.

That was certainly a possibility but no, I can run it as a regular 'user'. Thanks for investigating.

I haven't built it yet but I'll post back at some stage to (hopefully ) confirm a success!

This will start copying the source code from the repository to your working dir. When finished, there will be a folder named oolite under the folder you performed the checkout. Next do a

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cd oolite

to enter in the trunk folder, where the actual build will take place. Finally, execute this command to pull in all the binary dependencies needed for the full build (maybe you can take a coffee break here, this takes a while):

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git submodule update --init

Suggestion; these steps can be combined by using:

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git clone --recursive https://github.com/OoliteProject/oolite.git

This command clones both the source and the submodules in the one step.

_________________Most games have some sort of paddling-pool-and-water-wings beginning to ease you in: Oolite takes the rather more Darwinian approach of heaving you straight into the ocean, often with a brick or two in your pockets for luck. ~ Disembodied